google-research monorepo

by Google Research

Catch-all for Google ASR papers (USM, BigSSL, Conformer).

TL;DR

Catch-all for Google ASR papers (USM, BigSSL, Conformer).

Best for source-of-truth for Google ASR research releases. Pricing: free.

Category
Open source
License
—
Stars
—
Last push
—
Pricing
free
Platforms
Linux

What it is

Google Research's catch-all repo. Apache-2.0.

Best for: Source-of-truth for Google ASR research releases.
Watch out for: Huge monorepo; many sub-projects abandoned.

Install / use

git clone https://github.com/google-research/google-research

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

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Featuregoogle-research monorepoWhipscribe
CategoryOpen sourceTranscription APIs
Pricingfreefree beta
Speaker diarizationNoYes
Word timestampsYesYes
StreamingNoNo
Languages9999
PlatformsLinuxWeb, API, MCP

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